Safety razor



June 10, 1924.v

G. D MoULToN SAFETY RAZOR Filed March f 22, 1925 harif/l1 'JUUHHHHHHUUUHIUU SWOT/nego i 1.?,153 ori-ic GEoaeE D. McUL'roN, or DEmsoN, 1".

SAFETY Razon.

' Application filed March 22, 1923.v Serial No. 626,879.

My invention has for its object to improve upon the subject matter shown by my pending 11S. application, Serial No. 614,880, led January 25,1923. ln the pending application, a horseshoe magnet is associated with a safety razor in such a manner as to be effective for picking up the blade whenever desired, but it is the intent of thev present invention to improve upon .that 'construction by making novel provision for connecting the ends of the pole pieces of the magnet, whether the blade is in orout of the holder, thereby preventing the magnet from losing its strength.

Another object is to provide novel means whlereby the movable and'stationary blade clamping plates and theblademay be easily brought into proper relation with each other prior to clamping said blade in place.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides inl the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, the description being-.supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a safety razor constructed in .accordance with my invention.

Fi re 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view, partly in elevation. A

Figure 3 is an edge view.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view, partly in elevation.

Figure 5 is an outer'side elevation of the stationary. blade clamping plate.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the blade.

Figure 7'is an inner side elevation of the removable blade holding cap.

Figure 8 is a detail sectional view showing a diierent form of magnet which may be usedif desired.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a suitable'handle whose front end carries a horseshoe magnet 2 Whose pole pieces 3 may either be integrally joined at their inner ends as shown for instance inFig. .2, or may be suitably I secured to a connecting portion 4 of brass o r other non-magnetic metal. In either instance, the connecting body of metal Abe.

tween the pole pieces 3 is referably formed with an opening 5 in w ich the reduced front end of the handle 1 is swiveled, for a pur-plose. to appear.

T e front extremities of the pole pieces 3 are received in recesses 6 in a rear stationary blade-clampin plate 7, said extremities preferablyl extending laterally outward as shown and beingk formed with axially f parallel openingsl 8 which V,are access-ible at the outer or front side of the plate 7, said plate being preferably drilled, so that in effect the openings 8 extend entirely through this plate as shown.

Between the 4openings 8, the plate 7 is formed with a non-circular opening which preferably includes a substantially circular portion 9 with offsets 10 at diametrically l@ posite points, formed b l. grooves. opening 9-10 is designe for registration in a similarly shaped o ening `11 1n an apropriate blade 12 an ,this blade is also ormed with other openings 13 to aline with the openings 8..

The inner or stationary blade-clampin plate 7 is formedfof non-magnetic meta such as brass and an outer removable bladeclamping cap 14 is also formed, for the most part, of similar metal. This cap 14 however is provided with a pair of inwardly extending studs 15 of magnetic metal for i 'Il metal carr ing' the t studs 15 on its ends,

which stu s pass through openings 17 in the plate or body portion 18 of the cap, the

strip 16 and late 18l being suitably secured together to vcrm a sin le unit. 1n ractice, these'parts, like al other parts o the razor are suitably plated and when this is done, it appears that the strip 16 is formed as an integr-al part of the plate 18.

By providing the studs 15, the blade 12 and the parts 7 and 14, are held in roper relation and by forming these studs o ma netic metal and connecting them by a lengt of magnetic metal 16, the pole pieces 3 of the magnet' 2 are connected at all times, whether the blade 12 is in the holder or detached therefrom, and thus it will be seen that the magnet will not lose its strength, Whereas it. will gradually weaken il these pole pieces are'not properly connected.

'lhe inner side of the cap 1l is provided with a stem 19 insertible throu h the openings 11 and 9-10, said stein being threaded on its rear or inner end, in the present disclosure, for reception in the threaded soclret 20 at the front end of the handle 1. The portion of the stein 19 adjacent the cap lll is'shaped similarly to the openings 9-10 and 11 as indicated at .21 and this portion 21 is slightly greater in length than the studs 15. This formation assists materially in properly alining the parts 7, 12 and 1t so that the studs 15 will 'be properly received in the openings, 13 and 8.

The details herein disclosed are preterably followed, but it is to be understood that the present application is not restricted to any particular means for drawing the cap 14 tovvard the stationary clamping plate 7, the swiveled handle 1 and its threaded connection with the stem 19, being merely typical of the many .ways in which the desired result can be accomplished.

l claim:

1. A safety razor comprising a handle. a horseshoe magnet swivelled on 'the front end of said handle, a stationary non-magnetic blade clamping plate carried by the pole piecesof-said magnet, said olepieces having openings accessible at t e blade engaging side of said stationary plate, a removable blade clamping cap 'formed of nonmagnetic metal, and having magnetic metal studs receivable in the openings of said pole pieces, said cap having a united part thereof formed of magnetic metal said magnetic part connecting said studs.

2. A safety razor comprising a handle, a horseshoe magnetcarried by the :iront end thereof, a stationar non-magnetic blade clamping plate carried'by the pole pieces of said'magnei'al said pole pieces having openings accessible at the blade engaging side of said stationary plate, a removable blade clamping cap of non-magnetic metal having openings. alined with those aforesaid, and a stri ol magietic metal at the outer side ont an secured to said removable clampincarna ing cap, said strip having studs of magnetic metal passing through the openings ot said removable plate and receivable in the open- 4f. A safet Y razor comprising a stationary blade clamping plate havinga .non-circular central opening and other openings between said' central opening and the ends ol the plate, a removable blade clamping cap 'formed ol a non-magnetic inner section having a central rearwardly extendingL stem, said stem having a portion ot its length shaped for reception in said non-circu ar `opening and a simular-ly shaped opening in a blade. a magnetic section united with the outer side of the non-magnetic section or" said cap, magnetic metal studsitormed on the ends ol said magnetic section of the cap and extendinginivardly through the nonrnagnetic section of the cap and engaged with said other openings, in said stationary clamping plate and means associated with said stein for drawing said cap tovvard said stationary plate.

5. A safety razor comprising a horse shoe magnet having in its inner or pole connecting portion a circular opening the outer ends ol the pole pieces also having openings a handle having a reduced front end swiveled in said circular opening, and having in said end a threaded socket, a stationary blade clamping plate having a central passage and longitudinally al1gned' openin s between said central passage and the ends of the plate to receive the ends of the pole pieces,`a blade clamping cap having an in Wardly extending stem receivable in the central passage oi the plate and having a threaded inner end onto which the outer end ot the handle is screwed to draw the cap toward the clamping plate, and ystads projecting 'from the inner side of the cap and engaged with the openings in the outer ends of the 'pole pieces of the magnet.

ln testimony whereof 'l have hereunto axed my signature.

GERGE D. MULTN. 

